sis, intimis brevioribus indivisis; ramis lateralibus 3 — 4. lin, 
long.; involuero triphylio” e "basi dilatata colorata ac viliata 
setaceo, phylio inferiore .umhellam: superante, superioribus 
guam ea multo brevioribas; spieulis solitarüis oblongo-ovatis 
angulatis obiusis 6-9 Noris 2— 2%, lin. longis; squamis 
chartaceis trifariis remotis apise. etiam adpressis ovali-orbi- 
culatis rotundato - obtusis mulicis carinato-concavis punctato- 
scabridis ferrugineo - castaneis carina prominente obsolete tri- 
nerviis, marginibus ciliolatis; catyopsi perparva late obo- 
vata basi atfenuata triangulari, angulis Pprominentibus, vertice 
leviter truncata. trausversim granulato-rugosa, fusco-olivacea, 
bulbo perminnto econcolorato terminata; stylo brevi ac temui 
profunde trifido. — S. consanguineo ei S. rufescenti 
proxime affinis. — S. sphaerolepis Bcklr. in Warm. Symbol. 
(Herb. Warming). 
Brasilia, 
133. 8. puberulus Poir. 
Viridis; hirtellus; radice fihrosa pertenui; eculmis plari- 
bus faseieulatis ereetis debilibus setaceis inaegualibus, 12—4 
poll, altis, guadriguetris suleato-striatis, cum foliis vaginisque 
ad strias pilis brevibus patentibus vestitis, basi subbifoliatis; 
vaginis brevibns angustis membranaceis fuscescenti - stramineis 
subtiliter nervatis, ore margineque 'pilis longis Venuissimis 
niveis dense eiliatis; ‚faliis capillari-setaceis culmo y—ı 
brevioribus (3—8-pellic.)'Aaccidis canaliculatis dorso-suloato- 
striatis; unibella depawperata 3—5-radiata; radiis indivisis 
v. interdum 8 —3-ramssis, subcapillarihus hixtellis 4— 7 lin. 
longis v. brevioribus; invelnero triphylio, phyllis setaceis ima 
basi membranaceo-dilatatis idiqwe longe ciliatis, infimo elon- 
guto umbella plus duplo longiore; spiculis ovatis v. oblon- 
gis basi subobliquis angulatis leviter compressis 1", — 2" kin. 
